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NOVEMBER 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Chandra Gerald Jennings
Sacred Funeral Home–Dallas, TX
Chandra Gerald Jennings
A native of Dallas, TX,
Chandra Gerald Jennings
graduated from the
Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science
in 1981 as a licensed funeral director and embalmer.
Upon graduation, Chandra completed her training at
Cedar Crest Funeral Home,
under the supervision of
Walter
and
Lorraine Wilson,
where it turned into a
30 year span. After the closing of Cedar Crest Funeral
Home in 2005, Chandra and her husband,
Dedrick
founded
Sacred Funeral Home
on February 1, 2006.
Chandra’s funeral home
sponsors several commu-
nity appreciation events
throughout the year such
as: implementing an an-
nual scholarship in hor-
ror of her father, the late
Pastor C. Gerald;
found-
ing and sponsoring Sacred
Funeral Home’s Annu-
al Christmas Angel Tree
for the Glendale Heights
community; and donat-
ing and volunteering at 1
st
Saturday’s Food Pantry of
Glendale Heights.
At a young age, Chandra
decided she wanted to be passionately involved in the
funeral business, helping families cope with death and
preparing loved ones for final viewing. At the church
where her father was pastor, Chandra had a disabled
friend who lived a very brief life. At the funeral, Chan-
dra peered into the casket at her friend after pleading
with her father to take her. “At that very moment I
looked at her, I knew that life’s journey would take me
to a place where I had to console families and prepare
them for releasing their loved ones. Death is not some-
thing that frightens me; it is beautiful, if one dies be-
longing to Christ.”
Paula A. Porter
Heritage Memorial Funeral Home–Corpus Christi, TX
Paula A. Porter
was born in Corpus Christ, TX. She
graduated with honors from the
Commonwealth College
of Funeral Service.
While attending Commonwealth,
Paula worked as an intern for
Paradise Funeral Home
in Houston, TX. She later became a funeral director,
embalmer and general manager at
Unity Chapel Fu-
neral Home
in Corpus Christi. After 8 years with Uni-
ty, she began working as a director and embalmer for
both
Seaside Funeral Home
and
Memory Gardens
Funeral Home and Cemete
Megan Prescott became Megan Prescott-Mouton in
2011 and currently resides in New Mexico where she
is an art teacher, painter, an
use the arts to heal and inspi
and student art, to see more
Encouraged by
David Vis
ment
in August 2014, Megan began looking for
support and investment in her kick starter project
which is aimed at making Squirrel and Oak: A Story
of Hope availa
grieving familie
for more infor
Squirrel and Oak: A Story
of Hope To Help Grieving
Children and Families